Well done Carol Anne with the website! I am sitting in Johannesburg and checked out the website after boring old work! Reminded me of all the good fun and druken associates! Missing the craic! Hope to see you all soon-if you'll have me!!!
Wow - what a treat on Sept 29/09 to hear your band greeting the Emerald Princess on dockside at Belfast. I am a trumpet/cornet player in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and play in the Top Hat Marching Orchestra from Burlington - you can check out our website at www.tophats.org - I only returned home 2 days ago and one of my priorities was to research your band. I have enjoyed your website and will be sending along some photos from Sept 29 in due course. We have an annual Burlington Sound of Music Festival here in Burlington every June (you can google to get that website). What a treat it would be to have a band exchange with the Friendship Band here for Sound of Music and perhaps us on a return visit to the Galway Oysterfest or some other suitable venue. I enjoyed some interaction with your lead cornet player and side drum player - I only wish I had had my mouthpiece with me. Your band is awesome.
Carol-Anne, this is a super job you are doing on the website, a LOT of work, thank you. Just back from a great weekend in Galway - thank you to everyone, I really enjoyed it.